Arie T
University Hospital, Nottingham.
Br J Hosp Med. 1990 Jul;44(1):70-1.
Psychogeriatrics--the psychiatry of old age--became an official specialty in the NHS in 1989. Until the 1960s interest in the mental disorders of old age had been largely confined to research, but today special psychiatric services for old people are widely established, and the care of mentally ill old people is recognized as a major issue by professional workers, governments and the lay public, not only in developed countries but also in the Third World. Britain has led this movement.
老年精神病学——老年期的精神病学——于1989年在英国国家医疗服务体系中成为一个正式的专业领域。直到20世纪60年代，对老年期精神障碍的关注主要局限于研究，但如今针对老年人的特殊精神科服务已广泛建立，而且不仅在发达国家，在第三世界国家，老年精神病患者的护理也被专业工作者、政府和普通公众视为一个重大问题。英国在这一运动中处于领先地位。
